Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-25
A MAN OF MAGIC.
INFORMATION FOR THOSE WISHING
TO LEARN sLElGHT or HAND.

a Reporters Chat with Modern DIagi-
cian-Outft Needed by an Amateur
Conjurer-Deods or Diablerie-SeveraI
New Tricks.
Militiaman John a. Schultz, the genial
conjurer of the Eighth regiment, had just
produced the pleasing Illusion that the re-
porter's hat was a savings bank by appar-
emily abstracting from the lining several
crisp bank notes, half d dozen So gold
pieces, and quantityAof silver dimes and
quarters, when the reporter seized the OPP
portnnity and fired questions straight at
him without any delay whatever,
well, said AIilitianlan Schultz, with
q smile, .sas nlagicians are go0l people to
have around, and is tho more good people
there are around iii the world the better
1t will become, don't mind giving you
the secret that will increase our number.
The first tip Is to go straight to some good
magician and take lessons In tie art direct
from him. Books Of instructions are use
FIJI only after the first principles Of the
art are mastered.
s'NYhcn you can palm and pass things
so that You can fool I'LL the smart small
boy and all the smarter grown up folks in
your house and in the family next door,
you're ready to 60 ahead in your career
as professional decciver Of your fellow
man The next step in that career Is tc
get magical apparatus. ThHHs the way
globes of gold fishes and dishes of blazing
oil and other startling things are pro
duced from empty pocket handkerchiefs
1T was by mechanical, deyic 9 that Robert
Heller was able to take on Of mans hat
cart load Of fruit Jar piles Of tea
caddies, innumerablc L GIFTED Chinese
lanterns, about q ton Of ubber balls and
wooden blocks, wardrobe of clothes, q
pyramid of dishes, and finally the bright
little girl who used to run down Laughing
to q seat among the spectators When Il
comes to the apparatus You can 60 Il
economically, Or you can revel In the
luxuriant expenditureof prolific income.
Magical outfits range in cost all the way
from 800 mp into the thousands. Al good
amateur, unless he wants to confine him.
self exclusively to card tricks, can't pos
sibly get along in q parlor entertainment
without center table. These range in
cost from about $25 to $780, according tc
finish and the number Of traps and things
intended to produce the startling effects
that demonstrate to your smart spectator
that he isn't as smart as he thinks he is.
OTHER NEEDED ARTICLES.
"After you get your table the rest Of
your outlay Is for mechanical tricks, the
first thing, Of course, to procure being
your conjurer's wand and q trick tube
pistol, into which you can load things
that you have smashed to finders and
want to reproduce whole. There are sew.
eral kinds Of wands. One sort will float
In the air, another you can make disap-
pear down your throat, and another win
flsh silver half dollars from the empty all
for you. Then you win want glass boxes
that look empty until you want them tc
be full Of curious things; card cases for
making cards disappear, and to cut up
other queer antics with; the inexhaustible
bottle, time honored chestnut Of trick,
but peFennially interesting to the chill.
dren magic bird cages, money chests,
and lots Of other parapherualia In oil
there are over 200 pieces Of apparatus for
standard tricks, from the siniplc tiny rub.
Der bottle that bobs up persistcntly until
the coniurer tells it to lie down, to the APP